Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-03-25


rency, las refused TO follow out the
recommendations of tho Secretary in
any particular, aud has left the Ma
tional banks in the same condition MS
to tho securities for their currency,
the finances have been put on much
iirmer basis by careful management
Under Tie present policy of the dc.
partment it is believed that affairs
can run along smoothly through any
strain That is likely to arise. and that
there is no danger of panic. AT
fairs nro well in hand and the depart
ment will be prepared to come
promptly to the rescue should any
very great strain in the money mar
ket occur.
1t is stated mt the government
printing office that more work was
done there last month than ever be.
fore since the office was established.
i'll II single month; that the demand
for printing from the various govern.
ment departments and from Con
Sress exceeded that of any previous
month, and in order to meet tho de,
mand tho expenditures went beyond
the appropriation of the fund for
February. The law requires the an
nual appropriation for public printing
10 be used so that ench quarter of tho
fiscal year shsll have it's due proper
tion. This month is the last of the
third quarter. and during the current
month tho public printer Inns to econ.
omizc for excess of proportionate OK
pcndituros i'll February; hence tho
discharges and furloughs. On the
lst of April, tho beginning of the
last quarter of the fiscal year, the
last fourth of the annual appropria-
ton will be available.
The last of Secretary nIannings
belongings wero taken from the
Treasury early this week, and both
he and Mr.. Jordan are clear out Of
the department now Yet the vacan.
cics do not occur until the LIST of
April, aud the department is drag.
Sin% out the period of suspense.
There are many reasons for the be.
lief that Mr.. Fnirchild will be the
Secretary, and ii is said that he now
understands That he is to he appoint
ed. The officials in the department.
arc hoping that il may be so. AS to
the Trcasuryship il is still thought
that Mr.. Graves mny be appointed
Rut there is really nothing definitely
known about the matter.
The Navy department is about to
begin the preparation for the two
seventeen hnndred-ton gunboats nu-
thorized by the last Congress. 1nas-
much ms these boats are to be- pat
termed after "GunboaL No. L" now
under construction ut Cramps Yard.
the wc>%of tho department will be
much lighter than if gunboats of new
designs had been ordered, us it will
only be necessary to duplicate the
drawing already made. The limit of
the contract price Of the new vessels,
is S550,000 each.
The prevailing impression seems
to he that the selection of II member
OF the inter state commission from
the south rests between Commission
or Atkins, of the Indian Office, aud
Colonel Bragg, of Alabama. Com
missioner Atkins made no application
for the NJ pointment, but many OF liis
friends among tho southern Senators
and Representatives urged his selec-
ton as one that would give satisfac
ton to that section. Col. Bragg also
has been endorsed by Il large number
of prominent southern Democrats.
l..
SALE or LAND NEAR BRIsroI..-Mess.
Hicks & Sitgreavcs sold on yester-
day between four and five thousand
acres of land to Mr.. a. +. Wiley, of
Michigan. Mr.. Wiley is an extern.
sive lumber manufactures, and. if our
railroads go on as proposed. the
chances arc uOOd I'm Unf him ff, 1oooto